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You may have seen the news flying around social media and news outlets Nottingham students are apparently the most desirable graduates, according to the country’s top employers.

Interest from companies such as Goldman Sachs place Nottingham graduates at the top of the pile.

The research was conducted by High Fliers in December 2013 – with one hundred leading graduate employers including BP, The Civil Service, IBM, PwC and HSBC.

Nottingham registrar Dr Paul Greatrix said: "This is terrific news for our students – it confirms that the University of Nottingham is delivering the global graduates that employers are looking for.

A lot of people are misquoting this and claiming this makes us the best university, so we had a chat with Sharon Bell, the Associate Director at the careers and employability services;

So it seems just having University of Nottingham next to your name on your C.V is NOT quite enough!

What do you think it is that perhaps places Nottingham graduates at the top of the pile? We asked the exam-stressed student populous what they thought the reason was;

Leave your thoughts below.

The Friday Pulse team discussed Animal Testing at University, following the recent revelations that 1.3 million animlas had been killed because of testing at Institutions around the country.

Animal Testing

Caroline introduced the story for us:

Whilst Caroline continued to outline the views both for and against animal testing, the team gave their initial views on the topic:

With University of Nottingham researchers having killed 26,985 animals during animal testing last year, we got a statement from the University's regarding its posistion on this issue:

Finally, the team discussed whether the fact that 80% of people are unaware that money donated to charities such as Cancer Research could be use to fund animal testing had any impact on the debate:

If you have comments on this story, let us know by leaving them in the comments section below.

Remember to listen to the Pulse on URN every weekday from 5-6!

For Halloween we spoke to celebrity doctor Anjula Mutanda about children's phobias, superstitions and how Halloween can help or hinder fears.

We first asked what are children's biggest fears? And were surprised by the results!

Dr. Anjula then explained how and why children's fears have altered over time.

We questioned whether childhood fears typically continue on to adulthood.

There is a significant difference between a fear and a phobia; we ask how severe fears can be and how much this can affect everyday life.

Dr. Anjula Mutanda tells us if there is a therapy to overcome phobias.

She also informs us about some rare superstitions and tries to convince us to ditch them!

Finally, we found out where Halloween fits into fears and phobias, and whether it's beneficial or detrimental to children's outlook.

If you were surprised by any of these results or have any comments then do post below.